@BackOfTheFence Ah -- yes, when it comes to apps I think they must still be Apple apps. I guess Microsoft hasn't used the right APIs to make this happen on their software yet
But I guess they will eventually

Driven by technology, learning is changing from being a process-based experience to becoming an experience-driven process.Traducing tradition Traditionally, learning took place in factory-like rooms in which rows of children sat at desks working with paper, pencils, a teacher, a blackboard and an array of facts.What mattered at that time was to instil discipline and to […]

Apple’s plotted navigation into the consumer services market should generate a lot of cash for the company, but enterprises in the media space will be asking for a little more than the company customarily gives.The percentages game Apple is expected to introduce its Texture-based news and magazine service next year.This will probably cost $9.99 for […]

Apple explained a little about its approach to enterprise IT in a recent chat with the Mac Admin podcast.Apple’s enterprise IT in focus Apple’s Jeremy Butcher (Enterprise Product Marketing) and Doug Brooks (Mac Hardware Product Marketing) articulated Apple’s position. They discussed the T2 chip and Apple Business Manager during the podcast.What they had to say was focused on the […]

iPhone maker Apple makes lots of other products, including Macs, and the next 12 months could see some of the strongest Mac sales for some time as millions of aging Windows machines still used in enterprise IT are upgraded to a more advanced computing platform.Time for the Mac halo to return First there was the […]

We’re always told never to click on a link we receive in an email in case doing so takes us to some dodgy phishing site where our account details are violated. But what if our email app warned us before we clicked malicious links?Can this app protect against phishing attempts? MetaCert isn’t fully available yet, […]

Things have changed in the iOS economy.While it’s still possible since the 2008 App Store launch for relatively inexperienced developers to create hit products, it’s a lot less likely. And while you still get stories of young developers making it, for the most part it’s all about the big dev firms.I’ve been thinking about this […]

Imagine using Face ID on your iPhone alongside a password and Touch ID on your computer in order to access highly secure websites, such as online banks, enterprise intranets and confidential online data services.That’s a possibility as Apple begins testing a new security standard called WebAuthn.[ Related: Apple's place is in the enterprise ] What […]

I think many Mac users continue using Google’s free Gmail service.Here are some tips that may improve your experience when using the ad company’s free email service through a browser on your Mac.You can use drag-&-drop Gmail on the web works like most apps on your Mac, which means you can drag-&-drop almost anything into […]

Everybody likes to learn a few tips that will save them time, so I’ve identified a dozen things Siri will do for you that you may never have come across before.Talk on your speaker phone Working on something and you need to call a friend? Open Siri up, and tell it, “Hey, Siri, call (your […]

Apple knows how networks work. Think how the company managed to become dominant in mobile technology off the back of iTunes and the iPod. It knows tastes change, and it knows how to surf that change. At its best, this is what the company does.Apple will go 5G when its ready It looks like the […]